Euthalia malaccana malaccana  Fruhstofer, 1899

Euthalia malaccana malaccana ♂ Up. Euthalia malaccana malaccana ♂ Un. Euthalia malaccana malaccana ♀ Up. Euthalia malaccana malaccana ♀ Un.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Euthalia malaccana malaccana ♂ Up. Euthalia malaccana malaccana ♂ Un. Euthalia malaccana malaccana ♀ Up. Euthalia malaccana malaccana ♀ Un.
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

ON : Euthalia adonia malaccana Fruhstofer, 1899
OD : Berl. ent. Z. 44 (1-2):142.
TL : Malacca. (NHML)
Distribution : Assam to Myanmar, Thailand, Laos,
Cambodia, Vietnam, W.Malaysia.
Euthalia malaccana malaccana map

Synonym

Euthalia malaccana regulus Tsukada, 1991 : Butterflies of the South East Asian Islands. 5:406,549, pl.233, figs.9(HT,♂),10(PT,♂Un),11(PT,♀Un),12(PT,♀). TL. N.Thailand. (♂, in coll.E.Tsukada)


Type Materials Information

malaccana : Lectotype ♂, Malakka. designated by Yokochi,1999. (NHML)
regulus : Holotype ♂, Feb.1987. Chieng Dao [Chiang Dao], N.Thailand. (in coll. E.Tsukada)
Paratypes : all paratypes from N.Thailand.
4♂ 5♀, Chieng Dao [Chiang Dao] ; 2♀, Chieng Rai [Chiang Rai] ; 1♀, Vien Pa Pao [Wiang Pa Pao] ; 3♂, Doi Suthep, Chieng Mai [Chiang Mai].


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Euthalia malaccana malaccana ; Pinratana,1979 : 79, fig.N136,♂. (Nakhon Sri Thammarat)
Euthalia malaccana regulus ; Tsukada,1991 : 406,549, pl.233, figs.9(HT,♂),10(PT,♂Un),11(PT,♀Un),12(PT,♀). (N.Thailand)
Euthalia malaccana malaccana ; Pinratana & Eliot,1996 : 79, pl.54, figs.147,♀,♂. (Chiang Mai; Chanthaburi; Ranong)
Euthalia lubentina lubentina ; Katsuyama et al.,2006 : 50, fig.121,♂. (Nan: Ban Nam Poon)
Euthalia malaccana malaccana ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 444, pl.196, figs.N154,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Chanthaburi)
Euthalia whiteheadi zinara ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 446. (Chaiyaphum) (in part)
Euthalia malaccana malaccana ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 456, pl.201, figs.N320,♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Chanthaburi; Doi Suthep)
Euthalia whiteheadi whiteheadi ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 456. (Chaiyaphum) (in part)
Euthalia malaccana malaccana ; S.Sophonviwatkul, C.Sunthornwiphat & T.Laola,2015- : Butterflies of Thailand, figs. (Chiang Mai; Phetchabun; Nakhon Nayok) (accessed: 2023.11.07)
Euthalia malaccana malaccana ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 108, figs.♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Tha Ton; Chiang Dao; Phu Khiewo; Kratchin WF; Kao Luang)

[ LAOS ]
Euthalia malaccana malaccana ; Motono & Negishi,1989 : 60, pl.69, figs.7,♂,8,♂(Un). (Vang Vieng)
Euthalia malaccana malaccana ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 207, pl.65, figs.♂,♀,♀. (Oudomxay; Xaignabouri)
Euthalia malaccana malaccana ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 46.
Euthalia malaccana malaccana ; Onodera,2022 : 44, pl.128, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Xiengkhouang: Muang Kham)

[ CAMBODIA ]
Euthalia malaccana malaccana ; Kosterin,2019 : 97, figs.46,♀,47,♀(Un). (Koh Kong)
Euthalia malaccana malaccana ; Chartier & Kosterin,2022 : 118. (Koh Kong)

[ VIETNAM ]
Euthalia malaccana malaccana ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2006b : 32, figs.N-93,♂,♀. (Lam Dong: Dambri)
Euthalia malaccana malaccana ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 40. (by literature)
Euthalia malaccana malaccana ; Monastyrskii,2019 : 4(2):123-124, pl.66, figs.2a♂,2b♂(Un),2c♀. (C: Lam Dong)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Mai : 8♂ 8♀ (incl. photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Phetchabun : 1♂ (photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Yala : 1♂ (photo).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


[ VIETNAM ]
Lam Dong : 1♂ 2♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forest at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 300 - 1300m).


Literature

Fruhstorfer, H.,1899 : Neue Euthalien von Nord-Borneo (+ Nachschrift).
Berl. ent. Z. 44(1-2):121-155; 157-158.

Tsukada, E.,1991 : Butterflies of the South East Asian Islands V, Nymphalidae (II).
Azumino Butterflie's Research Institute. 576pp.(238 col. pls.) (in Japanese)

Yokochi, T.,1999b : A revision of the lubentina group of genus Euthalia (Rhopalocera, Nymphalidae) in the Indo-Australian Region (II)
Butterflies 23:20-35, 42 figs.


Euthalia malaccana malaccana ♂ Euthalia malaccana malaccana ♂
♂, Yala, Thailand.
Euthalia malaccana malaccana ♂ Euthalia malaccana malaccana ♀
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Euthalia malaccana malaccana ♂ Euthalia malaccana malaccana ♀
♂, Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Euthalia malaccana malaccana ♂ Euthalia malaccana malaccana ♀
♂, Phetchabun, Thailand. ♀, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

2007.02.10 - 2024.02.29.

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